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Blotter, May 15, 2013

Harlan Herrmann, 51, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of first-degree assault, disarming a peace officer and resisting arrest, among other charges, according to an arrest affidavit.

Officers were called on a report of a man causing a disturbance at Country Inn, 718 Horizon Drive, by yelling at people. He greeted officers with “conspiracy theories” and asking the officer “you know who I am?” the affidavit said.

When he tried to walk inside his room, he was grabbed by an officer and a scuffle ensued. Both men were knocked to the ground.

The officer wrote in an affidavit, “it was my belief the male succeeded in obtaining control of my loaded firearm,” the affidavit said.

The officer said he hit the man in the face to get him to release the gun. The man’s grip on the gun eased only when he was threatened by another officer with a Taser.

Is it a full moon, or what?

Trevor Skjerpen, 40, was arrested Monday on suspicion of criminal mischief, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after officers were called on a report of a man running through traffic and jumping on and kicking vehicles, according to an arrest affidavit.

The affidavit said Skjerpen ran away from officers north on Seventh Street and was arrested after being struck by an officer’s Taser.

“Skjerpen began to abruptly thank officers for tasing him because he was ‘getting crazy,’” reads an arrest affidavit.

He told officers he had taken Adderall. Two witnesses said they saw Skjerpen running and screaming through traffic along Main Street, jumping on the roof of one car while pulling down his pants.

“When I was taking Skjerpen to my patrol vehicle for transportation to the Mesa County Jail, he pulled the rear side of his pants down and revealed his buttocks,” a report reads.

“Skerpen thought the action was humorous and I ordered him to pull his pants up.”

According to the Grand Junction Police Department:

■ Christopher Gonzalez, 34, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of menacing and obstructing a peace officer.

■ More than $1,000 in damage was reported on a parked car in the 200 block of Garfield Drive. It could have happened as far back as Jan. 24.

■ Joseph Martinez, 53, was arrested Monday on suspicion of consuming alcohol in violation of a protection order at 510 Chulta Ave.